Movie Queen Development Plan

"Cut! Mark, your face should show more anger! You didn't show it enough just now, strengthen it a little bit!"

Nanaya shouted to the actor standing in front of the camera.

"Director, I'll try my best."

The actor who was called by Nanaya rubbed his face hard, and then he deliberately made a few angry expressions to the camera to get a feel for it.

"I think it shouldn't be a big problem."

The actor made an OK gesture.

"Someone, touch up the paint spot on Mark's face."

Nanaya said to several employees of Weta Workshop nearby that he saw that they had accidentally wiped off the fluorescent paint spots on their faces that were used for computer capture.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the other party was touching up some paint spots, Nanaya once again looked through the script in his hand and pondered over the scenes he had already shot.

So far, Nanaya has not finished writing the complete script for UBW. He just gave a rough outline and took out Illya's scenes separately to complete it.

Therefore, in order to take into account the coordination with other shots later, Nanaya had to shoot these scenes as perfectly as possible.

"Director, I'm fine."

"Very good."

Nanaya threw down the script and took up the directing position again.

"All units, prepare!"

"Scene 9, Scene 4," the script supervisor stood in front of the main camera with a script board, "Begin now!"

"Roar——!"

The actor, wearing a motion-capture bodysuit and dots of fluorescent paint on his face, roared into the camera.

The actor who plays Hercules is Mark Ruffalo. People may be more familiar with his role as Bruce Banner, also known as Hulk, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

It was because of this experience that Nanaya chose him to play the role of Berserker Hercules.

Hulk's rage and Berserker's attributes are somewhat similar in some ways, and both are characters created using motion capture technology and CGI special effects.

In Nanaya's opinion, Mark Ruffalo should be able to play the role of Hercules easily.

In fact, at the beginning, Nanaya was more inclined to the actor who also had experience as a wrestler, Dwayne Johnson.

After all, he later played the same role in the movie "Hercules: Son of Zeus".

Unfortunately, Nanaya's proposal was rejected by Weta Workshop.

Because Dwayne Johnson is too big to fit into the motion capture suit.

Mark Ruffalo is now the second choice for Seven Nights, but his situation is a bit special.

When Nanaya found Uncle Mark, who had only played a few roles in independent films, he was not in a very good condition.

Deafness in his left ear and half facial paralysis, this was Mark Ruffalo's condition at the time.

The reason why Uncle Mark is like this is because of the neurological tumor surgery in 2002.

Nanaya, a Marvel fan in his previous life, actually had some impression of this incident. However, in his memory, although Uncle Mark was left with severe sequelae after the operation, he recovered ten months later.

Therefore, when Nanaya saw Mark Ruffalo's information, he didn't take it too seriously. It was not until he went to find him that he discovered that he was not in good condition.

In fact, this was a complete misunderstanding made by Washimine's staff. Because Mark Ruffalo was just a very small actor at that time, when submitting the list of actors, the staff did not even bother to understand Uncle Mark's current situation.

Perhaps in the other party's eyes, Nanaya would not choose this actor who is suspected of being just there to make up the numbers.

However, Nanaya really chose Mark Ruffalo.

Fortunately, Nanaya's luck was good. Although Mark Ruffalo had not fully recovered at this time, the paralyzed half of his face had gradually begun to regain feeling.

In addition, the character of Hercules does not require too many facial expressions. Three faces, calm, angry, and very angry, are enough.

After briefly auditioning Mark Ruffalo and finding that he could make angry expressions, Seven Nights decided to hire him.

Although Mark Ruffalo needed to spend more time than others to prepare each shot during filming, considering his special circumstances, everyone gave more tolerance to the poor actor.

"Cut!"

After Uncle Mark swung a foam "knife" wrapped in green screen and knocked a prop gun away, Nanaya finally called for a pause.

"Everyone has done a good job, let's take a break first."

Nanaya clapped his hands to signal everyone on the set that they could relax for a while.

"Thank you, Director."

Mark Ruffalo tried to force a smile, but the paralyzed half of his face made the smile uglier than crying.

"Mark, how are you?"

Nanaya asked with concern.

Although he is in poor health, Mark Ruffalo has always been approachable on the set, which makes him very popular in the crew.

"Thank you for your concern, I'm fine." Uncle Mark said gratefully, "Thank you, Director Kiryu, for giving me this opportunity."

Mark Ruffalo, who has only worked in the independent film circle, certainly knows that this opportunity is hard-won.

Although it is only a supporting role, it is also a big-budget commercial movie. For an actor like Mark Ruffalo, as long as the movie is not a big flop, it can greatly increase his popularity.

On the other hand, Mark Ruffalo really needs this job.

At this time, Uncle Mark's eldest son had just been born and he had just recovered from a serious illness. Even from an economic perspective, he needed the role of Hercules.

"This movie is very interesting. Although I only got my part of the script, I believe it will be a movie comparable to The Lord of the Rings."

Mark praised.

In his eyes, Nanaya, the director who gave him such an important opportunity, is a very good person.

So Uncle Mark praised Nanaya and his movie generously.

As for the fact that Mark Ruffalo did not get the entire script, it was not because Nanaya was concerned about Uncle Mark's spoiler-like nature, but because he simply hadn't finished the entire script.

"You're welcome. You deserve this role."

Nanaya patted Mark on the back and encouraged him, "You should be more confident."

Although the filming progress is a bit slow, Mark Ruffalo is definitely worth the money.

In fact, if it weren't for his facial paralysis, the simple and straightforward role of Hercules would be too easy for Mark Ruffalo.

After encouraging Mark Ruffalo, Nanaya picked up the megaphone and said to the others: "Everyone, take another 10 minutes, and then go outside."

There were some complaints from the crew members, but they were quickly suppressed by Nanaya's angry glare.

For Nanaya, who has directed several films, his prestige as a director is already very high, especially when the important members of the crew are all from Erque Studio.

Seeing that everyone stopped talking and took the time to rest, Nanaya nodded and went outside with several stage setters led by Shonan.

Nanaya pushed open the door of the castle and looked at the environment outside the castle.

Although it didn't rain, the woods outside were filled with white mist, making it look like a fairyland.

This kind of weather is actually not suitable for shooting, because the air is too humid and will have a certain impact on the equipment.

But the good thing is that the environment is pretty much what Nanaya expected. It can be described as a natural background. Nanaya even thinks that he might not even need to adjust the lights.

"Shonan, later, raise the No. 1 and No. 2 cranes to the back of the small tower in the castle and shoot from a high angle."

Nanaya stood on a slightly higher stone and began to deploy his troops.

"Unit 1, adjust the angle to 45 degrees. Unit 2...try the image at 15 degrees first!"

"Okay~??"

Shonan walked towards the tower with a few people and equipment.

Nanaya waved to Ori again.

"Wei, when we start shooting the scenes outside later, you can re-set the interior scenes and use scene number 7. Is that okay?"

"OK."

Ori nodded to show that he understood.

In fact, the environment in Norway is still okay, but the current outdoor moisture is not suitable for taking more photos.

Therefore, Nanaya adopted a plan of alternating indoor and outdoor scenes.

In this way, the equipment will not work outdoors for too long and will not be damaged.

At the same time, we set up outdoor scenes when shooting interior scenes, and set up interior scenes when shooting outdoor scenes. This can also save a lot of time.

Nanaya did not forget the purpose of filming the plot in advance. He needed to finish Illya's role before the little Loli grew completely abnormal.

So Nanaya made a tight plan and tried to leave Norway as soon as possible.

Of course, leaving now doesn't mean not coming back. Not to mention that we still have to reshoot the scenes of Rin and Shirou when Gilgamesh fights Hercules.

Later, Archer and Shirou's classic confrontation with themselves also needs to be filmed here.

But, that's all for the future.

After a few days of collaboration, the Fate crew is now very efficient.

Soon all the filming equipment and on-site settings were adjusted.

Mark and Gawain, who had finished their makeup, also appeared on the outdoor set.

Nanaya stood behind the director's camera and he didn't say much to the two actors.

Throughout this scene, the character's mood hardly changes except for Illya.

Gawain and Mark already knew their roles very well, so there would be no misunderstanding.

At the same time, this is an action scene, so the person who is mainly directing it is not Nanaya but Li Wenshu.

"This is probably the best movie I've ever directed."

Li Wenshu said excitedly that having money to lavishly spend on making movies was the dream of every film and television worker.

"Then you do your best."

"Of course, leave it to me." Li Wenshu said eagerly, "How about letting Hercules practice a set of Bajiquan, and then let him try to knock Gilgamesh away with one punch at the end."

"Forget about this bad idea."

Nanaya was so angry that he kicked Li Wenshu on the butt.